Maha: Revenue Ministry's decision provides relief to farmers left out of 'AgriStack'

Mumbai, Nov 7 (UNI) In a major relief to thousands of farmers across Maharashtra previously excluded from the central 'AgriStack' digital agricultural registry due to land record discrepancies, the state government has issued a comprehensive framework establishing a three-tiered verification mechanism to grant official 'Farmer IDs' to left-out cultivators. The initiative, spearheaded by Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule under Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, introduces an exception-handling protocol aimed at extending digital agricultural services, crop insurance, direct benefit transfers, and credit facilities directly to genuine tillers. Under the newly issued Government Resolution (GR) and procedural circular by the Revenue Department, the state…